diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
index ba47b70f4d85..453ceb1af682 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ config QCOM_SMEM
 	  Say y here to enable support for the Qualcomm Shared Memory Manager.
 	  The driver provides an interface to items in a heap shared among all
 	  processors in a Qualcomm platform.
+
+config QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL
+	tristate "Qualcomm WCNSS control driver"
+	depends on QCOM_SMD
+	help
+	  Client driver for the WCNSS_CTRL SMD channel, used to download nv
+	  firmware to a newly booted WCNSS chip.
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
index 10a93d168e0e..9823103ea843 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Makefile
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_PM)	+=	spm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMD) +=	smd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMD_RPM)	+= smd-rpm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SMEM) +=	smem.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_WCNSS_CTRL) += wcnss_ctrl.o
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a986f881d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/wcnss_ctrl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+ * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/soc/qcom/smd.h>
+
+#define WCNSS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT	(5 * HZ)
+
+#define NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE	3072
+#define NVBIN_FILE		"wlan/prima/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin"
+
+/**
+ * struct wcnss_ctrl - driver context
+ * @dev:	device handle
+ * @channel:	SMD channel handle
+ * @ack:	completion for outstanding requests
+ * @ack_status:	status of the outstanding request
+ * @download_nv_work: worker for uploading nv binary
+ */
+struct wcnss_ctrl {
+	struct device *dev;
+	struct qcom_smd_channel *channel;
+
+	struct completion ack;
+	int ack_status;
+
+	struct work_struct download_nv_work;
+};
+
+/* message types */
+enum {
+	WCNSS_VERSION_REQ = 0x01000000,
+	WCNSS_VERSION_RESP,
+	WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_NV_REQ,
+	WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_NV_RESP,
+	WCNSS_UPLOAD_CAL_REQ,
+	WCNSS_UPLOAD_CAL_RESP,
+	WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_CAL_REQ,
+	WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_CAL_RESP,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct wcnss_msg_hdr - common packet header for requests and responses
+ * @type:	packet message type
+ * @len:	total length of the packet, including this header
+ */
+struct wcnss_msg_hdr {
+	u32 type;
+	u32 len;
+} __packed;
+
+/**
+ * struct wcnss_version_resp - version request response
+ * @hdr:	common packet wcnss_msg_hdr header
+ */
+struct wcnss_version_resp {
+	struct wcnss_msg_hdr hdr;
+	u8 major;
+	u8 minor;
+	u8 version;
+	u8 revision;
+} __packed;
+
+/**
+ * struct wcnss_download_nv_req - firmware fragment request
+ * @hdr:	common packet wcnss_msg_hdr header
+ * @seq:	sequence number of this fragment
+ * @last:	boolean indicator of this being the last fragment of the binary
+ * @frag_size:	length of this fragment
+ * @fragment:	fragment data
+ */
+struct wcnss_download_nv_req {
+	struct wcnss_msg_hdr hdr;
+	u16 seq;
+	u16 last;
+	u32 frag_size;
+	u8 fragment[];
+} __packed;
+
+/**
+ * struct wcnss_download_nv_resp - firmware download response
+ * @hdr:	common packet wcnss_msg_hdr header
+ * @status:	boolean to indicate success of the download
+ */
+struct wcnss_download_nv_resp {
+	struct wcnss_msg_hdr hdr;
+	u8 status;
+} __packed;
+
+/**
+ * wcnss_ctrl_smd_callback() - handler from SMD responses
+ * @qsdev:	smd device handle
+ * @data:	pointer to the incoming data packet
+ * @count:	size of the incoming data packet
+ *
+ * Handles any incoming packets from the remote WCNSS_CTRL service.
+ */
+static int wcnss_ctrl_smd_callback(struct qcom_smd_device *qsdev,
+				   const void *data,
+				   size_t count)
+{
+	struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss = dev_get_drvdata(&qsdev->dev);
+	const struct wcnss_download_nv_resp *nvresp;
+	const struct wcnss_version_resp *version;
+	const struct wcnss_msg_hdr *hdr = data;
+
+	switch (hdr->type) {
+	case WCNSS_VERSION_RESP:
+		if (count != sizeof(*version)) {
+			dev_err(wcnss->dev,
+				"invalid size of version response\n");
+			break;
+		}
+
+		version = data;
+		dev_info(wcnss->dev, "WCNSS Version %d.%d %d.%d\n",
+			 version->major, version->minor,
+			 version->version, version->revision);
+
+		schedule_work(&wcnss->download_nv_work);
+		break;
+	case WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_NV_RESP:
+		if (count != sizeof(*nvresp)) {
+			dev_err(wcnss->dev,
+				"invalid size of download response\n");
+			break;
+		}
+
+		nvresp = data;
+		wcnss->ack_status = nvresp->status;
+		complete(&wcnss->ack);
+		break;
+	default:
+		dev_info(wcnss->dev, "unknown message type %d\n", hdr->type);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * wcnss_request_version() - send a version request to WCNSS
+ * @wcnss:	wcnss ctrl driver context
+ */
+static int wcnss_request_version(struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss)
+{
+	struct wcnss_msg_hdr msg;
+
+	msg.type = WCNSS_VERSION_REQ;
+	msg.len = sizeof(msg);
+
+	return qcom_smd_send(wcnss->channel, &msg, sizeof(msg));
+}
+
+/**
+ * wcnss_download_nv() - send nv binary to WCNSS
+ * @work:	work struct to acquire wcnss context
+ */
+static void wcnss_download_nv(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss = container_of(work, struct wcnss_ctrl, download_nv_work);
+	struct wcnss_download_nv_req *req;
+	const struct firmware *fw;
+	const void *data;
+	ssize_t left;
+	int ret;
+
+	req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req) + NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!req)
+		return;
+
+	ret = request_firmware(&fw, NVBIN_FILE, wcnss->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(wcnss->dev, "Failed to load nv file %s: %d\n",
+			NVBIN_FILE, ret);
+		goto free_req;
+	}
+
+	data = fw->data;
+	left = fw->size;
+
+	req->hdr.type = WCNSS_DOWNLOAD_NV_REQ;
+	req->hdr.len = sizeof(*req) + NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+
+	req->last = 0;
+	req->frag_size = NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+
+	req->seq = 0;
+	do {
+		if (left <= NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE) {
+			req->last = 1;
+			req->frag_size = left;
+			req->hdr.len = sizeof(*req) + left;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(req->fragment, data, req->frag_size);
+
+		ret = qcom_smd_send(wcnss->channel, req, req->hdr.len);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(wcnss->dev, "failed to send smd packet\n");
+			goto release_fw;
+		}
+
+		/* Increment for next fragment */
+		req->seq++;
+
+		data += req->hdr.len;
+		left -= NV_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
+	} while (left > 0);
+
+	ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&wcnss->ack, WCNSS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+	if (!ret)
+		dev_err(wcnss->dev, "timeout waiting for nv upload ack\n");
+	else if (wcnss->ack_status != 1)
+		dev_err(wcnss->dev, "nv upload response failed err: %d\n",
+			wcnss->ack_status);
+
+release_fw:
+	release_firmware(fw);
+free_req:
+	kfree(req);
+}
+
+static int wcnss_ctrl_probe(struct qcom_smd_device *sdev)
+{
+	struct wcnss_ctrl *wcnss;
+
+	wcnss = devm_kzalloc(&sdev->dev, sizeof(*wcnss), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!wcnss)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	wcnss->dev = &sdev->dev;
+	wcnss->channel = sdev->channel;
+
+	init_completion(&wcnss->ack);
+	INIT_WORK(&wcnss->download_nv_work, wcnss_download_nv);
+
+	dev_set_drvdata(&sdev->dev, wcnss);
+
+	return wcnss_request_version(wcnss);
+}
+
+static const struct qcom_smd_id wcnss_ctrl_smd_match[] = {
+	{ .name = "WCNSS_CTRL" },
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct qcom_smd_driver wcnss_ctrl_driver = {
+	.probe = wcnss_ctrl_probe,
+	.callback = wcnss_ctrl_smd_callback,
+	.smd_match_table = wcnss_ctrl_smd_match,
+	.driver  = {
+		.name  = "qcom_wcnss_ctrl",
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+	},
+};
+
+module_qcom_smd_driver(wcnss_ctrl_driver);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Qualcomm WCNSS control driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
